Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson
Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS
Nothing to see or everything to see
Palantir must be removed from the NHS
Government should be working for the people, NOT lining the pockets of politicians...
"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them."
- Robin Williams
Demand business that’s fair to people and planet. ✊🌍 #DoItFair
action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/...
This came out last weekend and feels only too timely as equipment to contemplate yesterday's revelations about Cesar Chavez, notably about why so few victims came forward in the past and why so many old crimes have been exhumed and addressed because something changed (and feminism changed it).
Stumbled across this:
The root of "female" has nothing to do with "male". It derives from the Mediaeval Latin femella, a diminutive of femina, a woman. It was mistakenly transcribed in Middle English as "female", perhaps creating the impression that a woman is a version/variant/ subset of a man.
A new report shows hitting our climate targets by 2050 costs less than one oil shock costs the UK.
We need a rapid transition to clean energy to shield people & the economy from price spikes every time oil prices jump.
Some commentators still can’t connect those dots…
Orders of magnitude more famous doesn’t mean better or more interesting though. Everyone is interesting
Good luck with the inserts then and you have my condolences
I switched to barefoot shoes which work really well for my specific knee pains and instep. But I remember the issues of the inserts for years
Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world.
We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them.
![“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein
[an illustration depicting a boy growing into a man. as he grows, his hair grows out as flowers. people laugh at him for it and he becomes sad. he starts trimming off the flowers, but as he reaches the last one he stops. he is then depicted with a smile and a flower in his buttonhole on his jacket.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2n2dejikiq3y3rrg45gtw6si/bafkreig4hk7n6hp3po67f6lqhxdout4edflushs6tmriyvumsfosb2524m)
“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein [an illustration depicting a boy growing into a man. as he grows, his hair grows out as flowers. people laugh at him for it and he becomes sad. he starts trimming off the flowers, but as he reaches the last one he stops. he is then depicted with a smile and a flower in his buttonhole on his jacket.]
“the thinker of tender thoughts”
by shel silverstein
This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]
INDEPENDENT Voices Nigel Farage: Why you should vote for Brexit this Thursday I believe we're big enough and good enough to govern our own country. If we Remain, we'll get swept up into a United States of Europe Nigel Farage Monday 20 June 2016 10:53 BST
INDEPENDENT Nigel Farage says Trump presidency makes world 'better, safer place' 03:08 Sophie Thompson Saturday 09 November 2024 15:56 GMT Nigel Farage says Trump presidency makes world better, safer place' Nigel Farage has insisted Donald Trump becoming president for a belated second term will help make the world a "better, safer place". The Reform UK leader has been vocal of his friendship with Trump, and even received a shoutout from the Republican during a recent rally. This weekend, Reform UK are having a conference in Exeter, where Mr Farage remarked: "We can say with some confidence that 'woke' just died in America. "Trump being there makes the world a better, safer place."
BADLY WRONG about Brexit.
It’s cost the UK economy alone circa £130bn.
BADLY WRONG about Trump.
Attacked more countries of any modern President.
Farage clearly has incredibly poor judgement, yet the mainstream media, ironically, constantly question Starmer’s.
The cover of The Killing of a Chestnut Tree by Oliver K. Langmead - a ruined church has a huge tree growing out of it, in the midst of an autumn forest
Coming this October from @torbooks.bsky.social - a brand-new gentleman detective in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, with his first case. It's a murder mystery like no other because the victim is a tree!
So excited to reveal this at last!
Full details here: torpublishinggroup.com/the-killing-...
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
This week, a weird little poem of mine found a home: www.atropospoetrymagazine.com/copy-of-issu...
I love the vibes of this magazine and the artwork is gorgeous
#poetry #witch #celtic #pagan #winter #midwinter #ecopoetics #ecopoetry
My minuscule heart
Struggles to contain all these
Infinite feelings.
#vs365 #minuscule #senryu #haiku
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Did an admin task today that I had been putting off for 5 whole years. Please applaud.
#adhd
ceos are so fucking delusional. People cannot be more clear: we fucking hate AI being shoved in every product. And yet they still think if they push hard enough it's going to magically turn into money for them.
In between all the fascism, it's also a MASSIVE crime wave.
I would pay DOUBLE my bbc licence if this happened on current affairs programmes
This is a gorgeous essay.
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
No visual aura but my migraines are getting more frequent in last few months despite a general lack of stress and activity and I’ve been successfully avoiding my known triggers
Would highly recommend. I’ve been following the Marginalian for many years and gotten lots of hope and provoking thoughts from it
